I've always been a Honda fan. I bought a 2006 sportsman 500 with 5,500hrs of hard farm use and 1,000hrs for really cheap. I was so impressed with the plush ride, easy steering, storage, and awd system. I turned around and sold it for $1,100 more than I paid for it and found another 2006 with only 90hrs and 340 miles on it yesterday. It's almost like a time capsule. I'm loving it. All that said, I do find it funny how out of all of these tests the Polaris happened to win every single one lol.

I'll never understand why people hate on polaris so much. They're just as good as any other brand if not better than some. I love my 500 more than any Honda I've ever rode

I like Polaris better then the rest, but it seems like the rider was much more aggressive on the sportsman

Notice how arctic cat wasn't in the bumby part

Don't get me wrong I am a POLARIS fan but it really depends on the driver during that race

Honda will last 10x longer than any other bike they have the years and reliability I have A 1999 Honda foreman es 450 the previous owner rolled it down a hill and let it sit there in almost 7 feet of snow when I got it it they said the wireing harness was burnt and couldn't get it to work at it was the battery the only other thing wrong with it was the front rubber boots. I also have a 2015 325 sportsman theirs nothing wrong with it but the only thing I find is that the front axle snaps when there is the Smallest piece of ice snap off the axle

Wheres the yamaha or canam?

What year polaris is that im looking at a 2005 h.o.

What year are the bikes?

how does canam and yamaha compeate in this class?

NEVER going back to polaris, axle broke while going down the road! Honda is my lover now!

Great video thank you for making it.

‘If you have one of the rest, you might as well burn it’😂

In my opinion, I want to decide what drive mode I want to be in. I don't need a computer deciding what traction I need.

On the stutter bumps u guys didn't show the arctic cat or the Honda rubicon Forman

Wait, it has IRS in back, so why then does the right rear tire leave the ground at 3:19?

if it's so avanced, then how come, even in 4wd, engine braking only goes to the rear wheels?

Just keep that camo sportsman out of the sun or it will turn purple in a handful of years!

@sveinungj the newer ones arent to bad but the older ones did have a few issues i own a 96 and after reading about no spark its quite common for the exciter coil to fail, but i got a hell of a deal on it so i can deal wtih it. So far i havn't found a machine that rides smoother then a polaris or has better brakes.

I have a vinson and it never slows down without me putting on the breaks my friemd has a sportsman and says he likes my vinson way better

im a polaris fan and most likely getting one of these but why no outlander 500

I want to buy polaris 500 0r 400 which is better?

What about a 2009 500 Scrambler?

Makes me love Polaris even more than I already did

@hud935 depends all about what you are using it for.... can ams are waaay more built for roads than polaris's.

Where was can am? With the rotax? I have three sportsman quads but I’ve herd so much about can am.

notice the arttic kitty was not inth e bump test

to fix the no difflock issue hold in the front brake btw that isn't a foreman es notice how he is shifting with his foot

How many polaris's do u think they used making this

Now what one of these ATVs are going to be kicking strong in 35 years?HONDA I own a Honda atv that was made in 1985 and it is still kicking great

this test is so biased xD

It's mostly in the tires/diff lock

if this was a comparison why does the trailer have a polaris banner on it

witch atv is best the new polaris sportsman touring or can am outlander max 1000 ?

Just bought a polaris sportsman 500 ho, because of the shape you can easily toss on around while riding, helps if you go mudding lol

Ya now let's see which one lasts the longest (Honda) and which one you have to do the least amount of work to (Honda) than how about we look at price

I am a huge polaris fan but why not compare the renegade 500 to the polaris to?

i love my polaris sportsman !

This has to be the most bias atv comparison on KZfaq

1) You left out Arctic Cat on the bumps challenge. So I'm going to assume you didn't show it because the Cats suspension rivals if not beats the Polaris. 2) No Yamaha Grizzy or Kodiac?

i wonder why you didnt show the arctic cat in the bump section....looks like the sportsman did'nt match up with the cat on that one.

polaris always pulls ahead ive had one for 9 years and it runs like new

The driver of the polaris is completely sending it while the other drivers are not even flooring it

But for the price of the Can am or Yamaha. I'll take the Polaris.

Can am 500?

I have 2008 Honda 420 and haven’t had a problem ever has always started

Yo what about canam

on Top Gear, Hammond said these exact words about the Polaris,"That one has even got the 4wd system as a Lamborgini Murcielago." Yes he said that.

Amen; for me it's either the suzuki or the arctic cat - or, in the case of my AC 400, it's both (lol). Polaris has no 4 wheel engine braking and they are famous for spending a lot of time in the shop.

On Honda if u pull the front break just a little it gives dif lock.

FYI, Polaris switched the Sportsman 500 back to carburated. I was disappointed to find that out the hard way after buying my 2012 Sportsman 500.

You guys should have done the first course on each quad like 5 times and averaged out their time and compared them with that.

I love how it says polaris on that cart

Polaris is the way to go

This was uploaded in 2010, so where was the Yamaha Grizzly 550 (or even the 450) and why did they use an older Suzuki, when they could have used the KingQuad 500 with IRS since both of these bikes were available in 2010. It is hard to trust a manufacturer who doesn't provide a fair test and excludes machines that should have been in this so-called "Comparison".

anyone have any good news about polaris

@beastgrizz no not all sportsmans are efi and no not all of them have the fly shift

I own a 2005 rubicon and its getting close to 9000 miles and i can still outdo any sportsman 500 any day i do it almost every ride i go on

The best line in this video is “the Polaris sportsman 500 is the best selling atv”. To bad this is only true on Craigslist lol.

They should do this testing the atvs with other people not people that work for that company cause in that case all brands talk mess about the others

I do agree that Polaris definitely has the best suspension and true four-wheel-drive but I also believe this is a very biased comparison after all it was made by Polaris. I owned a Suzuki Vincent 500 and the biggest weed with them were tug-of-war and every other machine on this test I pulled backwards all day long.. speed test there wasn’t a quad in the 500 class they could touch my Vincent, and the steering on the Vincent is clearly better in most conditions

I am a Polaris fan... have 3 of them... love them and put them to the test everytime I ride, and never lets me down...... BUT, who paid for this test... ohh, thats right..... Polaris. just a 10 min 52 sec commercial.

ok so, i own a honda, and i know its not the best, but i love it and i do wish it had the power of a can am, and i do wish it had irs and i do wish i was faster, but i am thankful for what i have and its fun, and lets see what bike lasts longer, i bet the honda is the most dependable

I love how the Arctic Cat comes to a dead stop when it's goes over the log but every other four wheeler went over it fast it's because the Arctic Cat can easily get over that log the fastest but you can't trust these types of commercials because they're trying to promote their product so they'll be half throttle on all the other four wheelers but we'll go Full Throttle on the Polaris

why they didnt use a yamaha

Could it be more obvious which one they was riding harder

the honda rubicon is a 499 and a honda forman is a 475. They are two seperate machines

I love how these tests are completely biased and you can plainly see the rider not trying as hard with the machines that are "inferior". You go and watch any video where someone is trying to talk up something and it's amazing how everything else sucks when the propaganda is twisted right.

I wanna get one so badd

My 99 quadmaster 500 has out preformed the Polaris 570 so

I had a Polaris. Never getting one again.

Ya I have a 97 sportsman 500, and have found its pretty reliable and has lasted us going on 20 years. Only work done on it was a tire replacement and an the usual oil change. Only one problem: The drive belts are absolute shit. On average I go through 3 a year

I love my polaris 90

Yep

Arctic Cat's 500 is actually 443cc. Also, a locking differential is what you want when offroading, anyone who wheels will tell you this. All wheel drive systems are for soccer mom SUV's.

( flips switch on the AC ) "and thats so many buttons to press"wow just wow

the first quad handelbars u show for diff lock part.... is a Yamaha!!!

I love the way that the can-am is not even in it since the Polaris would be in its smoke!!!

отличный тест!!!

@hud935 That does not matter, if you put a polaris STOCK vs a Can am STOCK in mud or wherever, the polaris WILL go further.

BIAS!

i love my polaris

Take all of these same machines and review them today. Poalris (And Arctic Cat) would probably be in the JY or selling for $1,000 while the Japanese machines are still running and bringing 2-3X as much as the equal Polaris.

I totally agree with brad Medline the wheel gets taken from your hand on the polaris I say arctic cat wins

i love honda for a work machine but for mudding id take a polaris because its awd i love all the wheels turning makes it easier not getting stuck but for anything other than mudding honda all the way

Notice how they didn't show the arctic cats suspention

I owned a new Polaris 500 in 2005. Loved the smooth ride and power, but it had belt slipping problems in water crossings, and was pretty unreliable. Repairs were expensive also. Sold it and bought a used 2003 Honda Rubicon. Still own it today, and its never been in the shop (except for oil changes and brakes). Crosses the same small creeks without a problem. Not as fast on dry ground though.

Funny how people talk about palaris breaking And I have a 1997 sportsman 500 4x4 and it runs so good and doesn't have a problem with it

You didn't put every 4 wheeler in every test and notice how the tires are way better on the polaris than any other one if you do this test again with the same 4 wheelers have the tires be the same

Weird how that Foreman ES has a foot shifter lol

I have a 06 Suzuki Vinson 500, that thing is BULLETPROOF, it's been 11 years and it still is yet to let me down. All of those atv's ( Yamaha and can-am 2) are better than a poLaris, mainly just based on reliability, up here in Canada, you need something that you can trust, that's why no one here ( or very rarely) does anyone drive a Polaris, and those things are shit in the cold. I must've been on 15 quad trips this summer through my province of Alberta, and I shit you not I only ever saw 1 Polaris on the trails, 1!!!. There's a reason for that ;)

Polaris are so exspeve now I own one buy mainly drive my 650 arctic cat

I own a polaris .this is a comparison test do you remember the quads on the rollers most would not lock in true 4x4 all wheel drive so they say but in the pulling test I saw every atv every one all wheels were pulling spinning just my opinion that's bryan

This thing is a piece, had one for a year, snapped more drive shafts than I can count, water always got into belt and the single cylinder sucks.

First of all, the rider gave it way more power on the Polaris, also the Polaris looked like it had the worst ride, and in the corners it almost flipped, the back wheel kept popping up when the speaker said it didn’t😂😂😂

@4x4grizzly450 that because yamaha can am and polaris are at the top of the food chain and i dont see the need to bash on all the guys riding different machines i had an 87 honda that i beat the hell out of and it still ran good when it was destroyed my polaris is a 2001 and i have 7736 hours on it and it still runs great

I like Polaris side by sides way more than their quads

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People are screaming about something made many years ago that's an AD. It's not made to be a full comparison

2019 anyone